James G Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85 nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
James G. Watt, who as President Ronald Reagan’s first Interior secretary tilted environmental policies sharply toward commercial exploitation, touching off a national debate over the development or preservation of America’s public lands and resources, died May 27 in Arizona. He was 85.
Writing and reading history is one of the greatest joys of life. Writing about Ronald Reagan and WWII has been singularly pleasurable for me. What was it the philosopher Erasmus said, “When I have a little money, I buy food and clothes. But anything I have left over, I buy books.” Now, we study history for many reasons: for the sheer joy of reading; of knowing more than the next guy, or as the noted teacher George Santayana said, just to learn about not repeating failures - “Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it.” Teddy Roosevelt said much the same thing.
and they ve been working towards this type of take-down their whole careers. rob: everybody went nuts for that video. their captain praising a job well done. loved ones met up with the cutter monroe crew at a port in california. jillian. jillian: 20 years ago today, the nation was left stunned when news broke that john f. kennedy junior and his wife, caroline, were killed in a sudden plane crash. john f. kennedy junior took off from new jersey last night along with his wife and her sister. they were flying up to martha s vineyard for a family wedding when the plane disappeared. we are still awaiting a news briefing from the pentagon itself. the pet gone is heavily pentagon is heavily involved in the search for the airplane. jillian: other than being the son of one of america s most he beloved presidents, who was john f. kennedy junior. joining us with more on his life and legacy is presidential historian, doug weed.